Phoenix May Home Sales: Median Price Down 13%, Sales Up 2%

06-15-2011 • HousingDoom.com

In spite of the fact that the median price in Phoenix has fallen so substantially, it fell another 13% YOY:

Activist sues Russell Pearce over his removal at Capitol

06-14-2011 • Arizona Republic

Immigration activist Salvador Reza has filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that Senate President Russell Pearce violated Reza's First Amendment rights by denying him access to Senate buildings earlier this year.

Marie Callender's closes all Arizona locations

06-14-2011 • AZcentral.com

The four restaurants in the Phoenix area and one in Tucson were among 58 locations that were closed after the Perkins & Marie Callender's Inc.'s bankruptcy filing Monday. The restaurants each employ about 30.

AZ Rep Calls for Pima County Republican Party Chairman to Resign

06-10-2011 • e-mail from Terri Proud

"...I believe Mr. Miller should resign; he has caused much harm emotionally and financially to this party. In addition, his comments have created a rift between candidates and elected Republican officials and the public safety agencies..."

Undocumented Youth Blocked from Entering Workforce Starting Own Business

06-09-2011 • Phoenix New Times

Lilly Romo runs an English school blocks from the Arizona Capitol. Classes are held in a white adobe building with nothing on its façade but a sign advertising Escuela de Inglés. Its walls are thin and bare except for a series of certificates praisin

Court reinstates Phoenix New Times lawsuit over late-night arrests

06-09-2011 • Arizona Republic

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday reinstated portions of a federal lawsuit filed by the owners of Phoenix New Times stemming from their late-night arrests by Maricopa County sheriff's deputies in 2007 after the paper published details

MCSO Infiltration by Mexican Drug Cartel Apparently a Touchy Subject for Joe Arpaio

06-07-2011 • Phoenix New Times

Arpaio, however, got a little chippy when we asked Yahner if he feels comfortable working so closely with the MCSO, ya know, considering a deputy and two detention officers recently were arrested for -- among other things -- providing information abo

Man dead after trying to rob medical marijuana grower

06-05-2011 • .

Details are unraveling about a Thursday afternoon shooting in central Phoenix where one man was killed over a medical marijuana deal gone bad. Investigators have determined a Hispanic male, 30, was issued an Arizona Medical Marijuana Identificatio

Probable Cause Affidavit for Guerena household released

06-03-2011 • Arizona Daily Star

The older brother of the man shot and killed during a SWAT raid [for possessing Saran wrap] was the primary focus of a long-term drug-trafficking investigation. Jose Guerena and an assortment of relatives and acquaintances are mentioned in a report t

SPECIAL REPORT: Symptoms of Tyranny, Oathkeepers in Arizona

06-02-2011 • youtube.com

An epidemic is sweeping the nation. In this special report, never seen on the mainstream news, we look at the symptoms of tyranny and take you to Arizona where the Oathkeepers converged to march for a fallen Marine.

Quartzsite, AZ Police Chief Jeff Gilbert scandal

5-31-11 • The DESERT FREEDOM PRESS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Quartzsite, Arizona Police Chief Jeff Gilbert is struggling desperately to maintain his position after three quarters of his own officers filed formal complaints against him with Arizona Conference of Police and Sheriffs (AZCOP

Pima County Sheriff Talks Briefly About SWAT Shooting

06-02-2011 • Fox11AZ.com via Yahoo! News

"...if too much info gets out the INFORMANT WHO IS HELPING THEM could get killed." (emphasis mine. I wondered how long it would take before we heard about the CI that is ever-present in 'Law EnFORCEment' - Ed)

Geurena Memorial Day Ceremony - Complete Video Playlist

06-02-2011 • Ed Vallejo with a Freedom's Phoenix EXCLUSIVE!

I finally finished uploading all my videos from Tucson, and have them in order on one playlist on my YouTube Channel. He didn't have to die... ARE YOU NEXT?

The 19 Cities Where Home Prices Just Won't Stop Falling

06-02-2011 • BusinessInsider.com/

Tuesday's headline Case-Shiller number was a nightmare, showing another big month-over-month decline in the value of homes across the United States.

Guerena Had 2009 Arrest, But No Formal Charges

06-01-2011 • KGUN9 News Tucson

Kudos to KGUN9 for being thorough and impartial regarding this STORY OF NATIONAL IMPORTANCE TO EVERYONE. I can tell News Director Forest Carr really CARES, and this has touched him personally. THANK YOU FOREST!

The Feds Have Evidence That Joe Arpaio Broke the Law -- When Will The Indictments Come?

06-01-2011 • Phoenix New Times

Soon after becoming head of the Maricopa Anti-Corruption Enforcement team under Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Bill Knight became aware of severe ethical problems with the unit. A career cop who'd been in narcotics, homicide, and other divisions at the Maricopa

18,300 signatures submitted in effort to oust Sen. Pearce

06-01-2011 • Capitol Media Services

Foes of Senate President Russell Pearce submitted more than 18,300 signatures Monday to force what would be the first-ever recall of a state elected official. Mesa Republican Mary Lou Boettcher said part the push to oust Pearce relates to his acti

Sarah Palin confirms buying home in Arizona: The Sound Of Senator Palin

06-01-2011 • AZcentral.com

Sarah Palin has confirmed that she is part of a limited liability company that has purchased a home in north Scottsdale.

OathKeepers National, Arizona Libertarians March to Home of Slain Marine in Tucson

05-31-2011 • Ed Vallejo with a Freedom's Phoenix EXCLUSIVE!

Recent IN Supreme Court 4th Amendment decision, your God-given right to LIFE, Peace Keeping as opposed to Law EnFORCEment in a Totalitarian Police-State, having to become your OWN media, and this case - it's all CONNECTED, you know...

ASU hosts model North American Union legislature

05-31-2011 • BlackListedNews.com & ASU.edu

The sixth edition of the Triumvirate, the only trinational inter-parliamentary student simulation in North America, will take place from May 29 through June 3. Organized by ASU and the North American Forum on Integration (NAFI) from Montreal...

Case-Shiller Worse Than Expected: Home Prices Fell 3.6% In March

05-31-2011 • BusinessInsider.com/

In March 2011, 12 cities - Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Las Vegas, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, PHOENIX, Portland (OR) and Tampa - fell to their lowest levels as measured by the current housing cycle.

The Excess Vacant Housing Supply: A State by State Comparison

05-31-2011 • CalculatedRiskBlog.com

House prices depend on local supply and demand - and also on the number of distressed homes on the market (forced sellers). But the excess vacant inventory is important for forecasting when new construction will increase - assuming...

Tucson Interview of Jose Guerena Coworker at Memorial Day OathKeeper Event (video)

05-30-2011 • My videocamera and my YouTube channel

I interview a coworker of slain Iraq Veteran Jose Guerena who lost his life to Tucson SWAT that claimed they were fired upon by Jose during an attempted search warrant May 5th of 2011.

Police State Paul: Babeu Wants Your Eyeballs

05-29-2011 • CameraFRAUD

4th Amendment Effectively Dead in Pinal County CameraFRAUD Exclusive Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu was elected in 2008 on a platform of eliminating invasive and fraudulent automated ticketing within his jurisdiction. He claimed at the time the

Arizona Land Sells for 8% of Price Calpers Group Paid in 2006

05-29-2011 • Bloomberg.com

A 10,200-acre (4,100-hectare) desert site in Arizona sold for $32.5 million this week, five years after a group with investors including the California Public Employees’ Retirement System paid $400 million for the land.